Design

Upgrade your home with these cheap, versatile devices.

These aren't cookie-cutter homes.

It's all about that lighting.

World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research

Here's an easy guide to what the evidence actually shows when it comes to cancer risk.

From gray and clunky to red, yellow, and sleek, Iron Man’s look has always chased both form and function.

Can you find them all?

Chair: 500 Designs That Matter will teach you more than you ever thought you'd know about sitting down.

One scholar says large American family rooms made the childhood game popular.

Try doing an ollie on one of these guys.

A new book highlights under-appreciated products, graphics, and other designs produced under Soviet rule.

Whether it's a cocktail party, a book club get-together, or a 'Game of Thrones' binge night, you want a setup that makes socializing easy and enjoyable.

He really liked wheat fields.

If you've ever wanted to immortalize Captain Mexica's shield from Marvel's zombie Earth, now's your chance.

Order has been restored to the emoji universe.

The building is propped up on stilts, letting guests peer over the forest canopy.

Understanding the design can tell you a lot about how vision works.

Four major earthquakes have hit Pisa since the tower was completed.

Dppowell, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0

Being an airmail pilot was dangerous business before these came along.

See George Orwell in a whole new light.

Narayan Khandekar, director of the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies

The rainbow of jars at the Straus Center can tell us a lot about how art comes into being—and how to save it.

Is it blue, green, or grue? The colors we see in the world aren't only a function of our eyesight. The language we speak can impact the colors we recognize.